LibGuides: History (McEntegart Library): Books

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Call Numbers

A call number indicates where an item is in the library.

The Library uses the Library of Congress Classification system which groups items by subject.

D - World History

E - North American History

F - History of the Americas

Google Books

Ebook Databases

ACLS Humanities e-book Project

Over 4,300 high quality full-text ebooks in the field of history and the humanities.
Credo Reference
Encyclopedias and handbooks in all major subject areas.

Provides access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks covering all major subject areas. Topic Pages offer pathways for further research, Mind Maps illustrate relationships between topics, and over 200,000 images are ready to use without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions.
e-book collection (EBSCOhost)
E-books covering a wide range of subject areas.
Ebook Central (formerly ebrary)
E-books covering a wide range of subject areas.

Ebook Central provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
eBooks (GVRL)
Ebooks on various subjects.

Gale eBooks (GVRL)
A multidisciplinary collection of eBooks.
Encyclopedia of World Biography (GVRL)
Biographies of notable individuals worldwide who have made significant contributions to human culture.

A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture.
Gale History eBooks (GVRL)
A collection of Gale's History related eBooks
JSTOR
Journal articles and books, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.

Provides access to back issues of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Subject coverage includes sociology, political science, history, philosophy, religious studies, mathematics and statistics, art and music, and literature.
Salem History
E-books about various history topics.

Includes Great Events from History, Great Lives from History and the Historical Encyclopedia of American Business

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Print Circulating Books

The Afghanistan Papers by Craig Whitlock
Call Number: Circulating Collection - 2nd Floor DS371.412 .W4825 2021
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
Call Number: Circulating Collection - 2nd Floor CB19 .G69 2021
Ellis Island: A People's History by Małgorzata Szejnert
Call Number: Circulating Collection - 3rd Floor JV6484 .S9813 2020
Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi (Editor)
Call Number: Circulating Collection - 2nd Floor E185 .F625 2021
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
Call Number: Circulating Collection - 2nd Floor E441 .S654 2021
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze
Call Number: Circulating Collection - 2nd Floor DC226.3 .M54 2020

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